On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 16:52:16 -0500 Tom Marchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 18:18:28 -0700, Frank Yaeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :>>Bob Rutledge wrote on 09/08/2006 04:50:40 PM: :>>> Why not just sort it as three characters and have done with it? :>>That won't work if the EQUALS function is needed. :>You lost me with that one, Frank. I don't see how anything is lost if you :>sort a 5 digit packed decimal as a 3 byte binary as opposed to a 2 and a :>half byte binary. Consider 00001C 00001D 00001F Sorting as a 2.4 byte binary has three equal values. Sorting as a 3 byte binary has 3 unique values -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
